mussitation

Meaning

1. Speech conducted in a hushed manner, akin to a murmur or a whisper.
2. A comatose patient's action of forming words with their lips without producing sound.

Synonyms

murmur

muttering

murmuring

murmuration

mutter

mumbling

hum

mumbler

mutters

mumblings

Translations

murmullo

μουρμούρισμα

murmuri

barboteig

xiuxiueig

xiu-xiu

Gemurmel

xiu-xiueig

Geräusch

remor

μουρμουρητό

μουρμούρα

souffle

bisbiglio

دمْدمة

Hyphenated as

mus‧sit‧at‧ion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mʌsɪˈteɪʃn̩/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mussitātiō (“soft noise made by dogs, or (Late Latin) people”) + English -ion (suffix denoting a condition or state). Mussitātiō is derived from mussitātus (“kept quiet; having been kept quiet; murmured, muttered; having been muttered”) (see further at mussitate) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs).